EP0734957B1 - Verpackung für Kontaktlinsen - Google Patents

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EP0734957B1
EP0734957B1 EP96302225A EP96302225A EP0734957B1 EP 0734957 B1 EP0734957 B1 EP 0734957B1 EP 96302225 A EP96302225 A EP 96302225A EP 96302225 A EP96302225 A EP 96302225A EP 0734957 B1 EP0734957 B1 EP 0734957B1
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Wallace Anthony Martin
Kornelis Renkema
Victor Lust
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
    • B65D83/00—Containers or packages with special means for dispensing contents
    • B65D83/04—Containers or packages with special means for dispensing contents for dispensing annular, disc-shaped, or spherical or like small articles, e.g. tablets or pills
    • B65D83/0445—Containers or packages with special means for dispensing contents for dispensing annular, disc-shaped, or spherical or like small articles, e.g. tablets or pills all the articles being stored in individual compartments
    • B65D83/0463—Containers or packages with special means for dispensing contents for dispensing annular, disc-shaped, or spherical or like small articles, e.g. tablets or pills all the articles being stored in individual compartments formed in a band or a blisterweb, inserted in a dispensing device or container
    • B65D83/0472—Containers or packages with special means for dispensing contents for dispensing annular, disc-shaped, or spherical or like small articles, e.g. tablets or pills all the articles being stored in individual compartments formed in a band or a blisterweb, inserted in a dispensing device or container the band being wound in flat spiral, folded in accordion or the like
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
    • B65D5/00—Rigid or semi-rigid containers of polygonal cross-section, e.g. boxes, cartons or trays, formed by folding or erecting one or more blanks made of paper
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
    • B65D2585/00—Containers, packaging elements or packages specially adapted for particular articles or materials
    • B65D2585/54—Containers, packaging elements or packages specially adapted for particular articles or materials for articles of special shape not otherwise provided for
    • B65D2585/545—Contact lenses
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
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  • the present-invention relates to a composite or secondary packaging arrangement for the containment of hydrophilic contact lenses in a sterile aqueous solution. More specifically, the invention pertains to a composite or secondary packaging arrangement wherein pluralities of disposable hydrophilic contact lenses possessing different medical characteristics or prescriptions are contained in one or more specific packaging arrays which are then collectively housed in separate paired box-like containers or carton structures in a preselected customized manner so as to provide specified or essentially measured supplies of differing contact lenses for use in both eyes of a consumer over a predetermined period of time.
  • hydrophilic contact lenses in a sterile aqueous solution
  • packaging arrangements generally consist of so-called blister packages which are employed for the storage and dispensing of the hydrophilic contact lenses by a medical practitioner or to a consumer who intends to wear the contact lenses.
  • hydrophilic contact lenses which may be disposable after a single wear or short-term use, are manufactured from suitable hydrophilic polymeric materials. These materials may be, amongst others, copolymers of hydroxyethyl methacrylate containing from about 20% to 90% or more of water, depending upon the polymer composition.
  • such contact lenses must be stored in a sterile aqueous solution, usually in isotonic saline solution in order to prevent dehydration and to maintain the lenses in a ready-to-wear condition.
  • contact lens manufacturers normally utilized stoppered glass bottles containing sterile saline solutions in which the hydrophilic contact lenses were immersed as storage and shipping containers for individual contact lenses.
  • Each bottle was sealed with a suitable silicone stopper and provided with a metal closure as a safety seal in the configuration of an overcap.
  • the metal closure safety seal was required to be initially torn off the bottle, thereafter the stopper withdrawn and the lens lifted out from the bottle through the intermediary of a suitable plastic tweezer or pouring the contents out.
  • This entailed the implementation of an extremely complicated procedure, since the contact lens was difficult to grasp and remove from the saline solution contained in the bottle due to the transparent nature of the contact lens which rendered it practically invisible to the human eye.
  • containments in the form of blister packages have been developed for hydrophilic contact lenses, and which enable the storage and shipping of the hydrophilic contact lenses in a simple and inexpensive expedient manner, while concurrently facilitating the conveniently easy removal of the contact lens by a practitioner or a patient.
  • a blister package which is adapted to provide a sterile sealed storage environment for a disposable or single-use hydrophilic contact lens, wherein the lens is immersed in a sterile aqueous solution; for example, such as in an isotonic saline solution, is described in U.S. Patent No. 4,691,820 to Martinez; which is assigned to the common assignee for the present invention.
  • the blister package for storing and dispensing a hydrophilic contact lens includes an injection-molded or thermoformed plastic base portion incorporating a molded cavity which is surrounded by an outstanding planar flange about the rim of the cavity.
  • a flexible cover sheet is adhered to the surface of the flange so as to sealingly enclose the cavity in a generally liquid-tight mode.
  • a hydrophilic contact lens is immersed in a sterile aqueous solution, such as an isotonic saline solution.
  • a portion of the side wall of the cavity is inclined to form a ramp extending upwardly towards the flange from the bottom of the cavity, and the cover sheet is adapted to be stripped from the flange in order to expose the cavity and inclined side wall whereupon the lens may be readily manually removed by being slid upwardly and out. of the cavity along the inclined ramp surface of the cavity.
  • the cavity in the base portion is constituted essentially of a semi-spherical configuration dimensioned so as to be adapted to closely support the contact lens therein while immersed in an aqueous solution for ease of removal and also to facilitate an inspection process.
  • the foregoing construction primarily considered the utilization of such blister packages for the dispensing of individual contact lenses, with such blister packages being ordinarily separate or single packagings, or arrays of specified interconnected blister packages which may then be housed in larger quantities within a further container, such as a rigid cardboard or paperboard carton construction employed for the retail sales of the lenses, and forming a composite or secondary packaging arrangement.
  • an important aspect resided in being able to furnish a user of such disposable hydrophilic contact lenses with a packaging arrangement, such as a carton, containing a specific supply of contact lenses, the latter of which are normally worn for only a single day; in essence, for ordinarily 8 to 18 hours within a 24-hour period and thereafter discarded.
  • the packaging of a supply of contact lenses was designed to enable the user to store and provide indication for replenishing the supply of contact lenses at regular intervals; for example, at periods of 30 days, although it can also be intended to provide containments or packages each containing supplies of the contact lenses for shorter or lengthier periods of days, weeks or even months.
  • the present invention contemplates the provision of composite or secondary packaging arrangements for specified quantities of such hydrophilic contact lenses, wherein these packaging arrangements incorporate boxing one or more arrays of blister packages containing contact lenses in a dual or twin carton structure each storing specific contact lenses for respectively the left and right eye of a user, enabling a rapid and precise determination as to the quantity of hydrophilic contact lenses contained therein, and with such packaging arrangements each being of a compact nature which is completely protective of the hydrophilic lenses.
  • a plurality of such arrays of continuous packaging arrangements for contact lenses which arrays are in an interconnected planar form, are adapted to be arranged superimposed in a generally rectangular carton.
  • Each successively superimposed array is inverted and rotationally reversed relative to a preceding underlying array so as to enable the respective arrays to be interleaved and compactly support each other.
  • the cavities containing the contact lenses of a superimposed array are arranged inverted relative to the cavities of an array of blister packages located therebeneath or thereabove, such that the mutually inverted cavities will be positioned adjacent to cavities of a superimposed array in an interleaved compact arrangement at minimum spacial requirements.
  • a plurality of planar arrays of blister packages which are each respectively interconnected by a single flexible cover sheet for each array are adapted for positioning in a superimposed contacting relationship within a substantially rigid rectangular carton, with such arrays containing a specific quantity of disposable hydrophilic contact lenses to furnish a user with a desired supply; for instance, thirty (30) hydrophilic contact lenses in six superimposed arrays of five blister packages each; in essence, a thirty-day supply of contact lenses, although other quantities may also be readily contemplated depending upon the particular wishes of a consumer, such as 60-day or 90-day supply (3-month supply), or even in larger quantities, and as discussed in detail hereinbelow.
  • Each of the blister package base members has an outstanding substantially rigid planar flange encompassing a respective lens-receiving cavity therein, the latter of which is offset towards one end of the flange.
  • the planar flange as disclosed herein may possess a generally teardrop or wedge-shaped configuration; in effect, two converging side walls, the opposite ends of which extend into convex semi-circular end walls.
  • the flange may have spaced sidewalls extending in parallel relationship in the form of a so-called "duckbill.”
  • the narrow end of the flange remote from the lens-receiving cavity may be curved downwardly.
  • the lens-receiving cavity is preferably formed offset towards the wider-end of the respective planar flange, as described hereinbelow.
  • the flange is described as being either teardrop or wedge-shaped in its planar extent, it is also possible to contemplate utilizing rectangular flanges for the base members of the blister packages which are interconnected in arrays of specific quantities by means of a single flexible cover sheet, such as described in EP-A-0 650 676; or even loosely located adjacent each other in predetermined arrays of blister packages.
  • planar flange and/or base member of the blister package are also contemplatable.
  • the flange portion extending about the lens-containing cavity may be circular in shape and have a so-called spoon handle-like portion extending radially therefrom.
  • numerous further shapes for the base members and flanges readily suggest themselves; for example, as illustrated and elucidated in copending European Patent Application No. EP96302226.4 claiming priority from USSN 08/414,514 (Attorney's Docket No. P15486EP).
  • the presence of the flange is adapted to provide a support for a superimposed or therebeneath located array of blister packages, thereby formulating rigid and compact packaging arrangements within the carton, in which the cavities containing the hydrophilic contact lenses of superimposed arrays are substantially protected against potentially damaging external influences, such as shocks or impacts which may be imparted to the filled carton during handling thereof.
  • Each molded plastic base member of a blister package may be constituted from a suitable injection molded or thermoformed thermoplastic sheet material, such as a polyolefin, for instance polypropylene; whereas the flexible cover sheet may be constituted of a laminate of a polypropylene or other suitable plastic film and aluminum foil or with silicon oxide forming a barrier material with a plastic layer, suitably imprinted and which is adapted to be heat-sealed to the flange extending about the cavity of the package containing the hydrophilic contact lens.
  • the flexible cover sheet may be of a construction and imprinted in a novel manner as disclosed in EP-A-0 646 471.
  • the present invention pertains to the provision of composite packaging containing hydrophilic contact lenses which are immersed in sterile aqueous solutions as defined in claim 1.
  • the packaging may comprise rigid carton structure adapted to receive one or more arrays of interconnected blister packages each containing a hydrophilic contact lens, and whereby the arrays of blister packages are interconnected by flexible cover sheets, so as to be in either inverted or superimposed relationship in a compact stored position relative to each other whereby specific quantities of such superimposed or interleaved arrays are stored therein in a compact mode for maximum protection and availability or accessibility to an ultimate consumer.
  • such arrays may be constituted of a continuous array strip interconnected by the flexible cover sheet and containing a large number of blister packages, whereby the continuous array is folded in a sinusoidal pattern within each respective carton, so as to be able to be dispensed as individual separate blister packages in accordance with the needs of a user, upon each respective blister package being severed from an end of the array which is extended outwardly of the respective carton.
  • each carton may be in the nature of a nondisposable dispenser, or may be constituted of a more durable housing; for instance, a plastic container or other material possessing a rigid design for the containment of the strings or arrays which are adapted to be sold to a physician or consumer, possibly separately from the containers.
  • Still another object of the present invention is to provide carton structure in which a pair or multiplicity of adjoiningly arranged cartons each contain at least one array of blister packages, and which are interconnected by a single cover member so as to enable the dispensing of individual contact lenses in a predetermined mode.
  • FIG. 1 of the drawings showing a perspective view of a packaging arrangement, in this instance there is disclosed a pair of rectangular lower carton portions 10, 12 each having, respectively, bottom 14, side 16 and end walls 18 and evidencing an open top 20, and which cartons are adapted to be commonly closed by means of a sleeve-like cover member 22 which may have open ends or, if desired, closed ends adapted to be opened as needed so as to enable the lower carton portions 10, 12 having located therein arrays of blister packages 24 containing hydrophilic contact lenses to be selectively slid out from one end of the cover member 22 so as to enable separation and dispensing of individual of the blister packages therefrom.
  • a sleeve-like cover member 22 which may have open ends or, if desired, closed ends adapted to be opened as needed so as to enable the lower carton portions 10, 12 having located therein arrays of blister packages 24 containing hydrophilic contact lenses to be selectively slid out from one end of the cover member 22 so as to enable separation and dispensing of individual of the blister
  • the cover member 22 be constituted from a plastic shrinkwrap material rather than being formed from a rigid material.
  • the blister packages 24 may be individual in nature; in essence, no interconnected but merely located in specific arrays and/or loose layers in each lower carton portion 10, 12. This will enable dispensing of single blister packages 24 without the need for having to separate the package from the remaining arrays of blister packages in the cartons.
  • the arrays of blister packages in each of the cartons may comprise a plurality of adjacently arranged base members in coplanar orientation, similar to those shown in copending European Patent Application No. EP96302226.4 claiming priority from USSN 08/414,515 (Attorney's Docket P15441EP), interconnected by a flexible cover sheet so as to sealingly enclose the cavities containing the contact lenses in each of the base members of the blister packages.
  • suitable perforations may extend across the flexible cover sheet intermediate the adjoining wall portions of contiguous blister packages of the array so as to facilitate the separation of individual of the blister packages from the array for dispensing single contact lenses to a user.
  • each of the cartons contains a continuous sinusoidally folded strip or length array of the blister packages, rather than the foregoing, each of the arrays may consist of a predetermined limited number of coplanarly arranged base members interconnected by a length of flexible cover sheet in a manner as described in the aforementioned copending European Patent Application No. EP96302226.4 (Attorney's Docket P15441EP).
  • each carton 10, 12 contains a specific quantity of blister packages or arrays of blister packages intended to fulfill the needs of a user for a specified period of days or weeks.
  • Each carton is adapted to contain contact lenses prescribed specifically for one eye, with contact lenses prescribed for respectively the left eye being stored in one carton 10, and those for the right eye in the other carton 12.
  • these two or dual interconnected containers 10, 12 may be such that in accordance with specific orders from a prospective user, the contents of the cartons may be customized prior to filling so as to fulfill the medical prescription for both eyes of a specific user, and whereby both types or prescription of contact lenses may thus be compactly housed within a single twin-or dual-carton packaging arrangement; in effect, consisting of the two cartons 10, 12 as enclosed by the single or common cover structure or member 22.
  • a plurality of such pairs of cartons 10, 12, with each pair being enclosed by a common cover member 22 or being each of a closed construction having openable lids or flag structure, as shown in EP-A-0 650 676 may, in turn, be encased by a suitable plastic shrinkwrap film 30 so as to enable larger quantities of product, for example, a three month's or even greater supply of contact lenses, to be shipped enclosed in one package for the convenience of the user or for a physician or optometrist prescribing and/or dispensing the lenses to the user.
  • This will not only provide for convenience in shipping, but will also economize on packaging and shipping cost while rendering the entire arrangement attractive to a user.
  • FIG. 5 and 6 there is disclosed a pair of side-by-side cartons 34, 36 encompassed by a single or common outer casing or wall structure 38, or enclosed by a shrinkwrap material, and with a dispensing slot 40 formed at one end 42 of respectively each carton, so as to enable the selective dispensing of individual blister packages from a continuous strip or array of such packages sinusoidally folded within each applicable carton, as shown in Figure 4.
  • This arrangement may be employed both for the left and right cartons and may be customized with regard to their contents in accordance with their left eye and right eye contact lens prescription of a potential user.
  • a flap 44 positionable over the slot of each carton for dispensing individual and selective blister packages may be folded down and possibly closed off by means of a suitable latching arrangement, so as to protectively house the contents of the cartons when not in use.
  • a travel case 50 consisting of hingedly foldable walls 52, 54, which may be constituted of paperboard, pressed cardboard or suitable plastic, or other even more durable containers constituted from other rigid materials such as wood or metal, and in which the interior thereof provides for a longitudinal hinge structure to enable for opening and closing, and with both walls having recessed configurations for receiving each an array of blister packages which are respectively interconnected by a length of the flexible cover sheet, and which are positioned in a back-to-back relationship when the travel case is folded shut about the hinging line along the direction of the illustrated arrows.
  • This provides for an inexpensive and convenient method of transporting arrays of the blister packages when travelling without taking up too much space while concurrently being highly protective of the arrays of blister packages.
  • a generally rectangular compact case 60 which may be paperboard, pressed cardboard, molded from a plastic material, or consisting of more durable materials, such as wood or metal, and have decorative indicia provided thereon similar to a ladies' makeup compact case, and in which each side of the interior case includes a recess for stowing or housing an array of blister packages, each of which may selectively contain contact lenses for the left eye and right eye prescriptions of a user, and in which the inside surface of one wall or lid portion 64 may include a mirror 66 which will facilitate the efforts of a user in inserting a contact lens into the eye, or removing the lens therefrom.
  • the foregoing arrays housed in the dual cartons and containers enable the provision of numerous variations and quantities of contact lenses within respective differently sized carton structures and may be customized in accordance with instructions received in the shipping facility of the manufacturer from ophthalmologists, optometrists, or even from final users in accordance with their specifications as to quantities and the prescriptions of contact lenses contained in the various arrays of blister packages relative to the left and right eye of the ultimate user.

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  1. Verbund-Verpackung mit einem allgemein starren Hüllbehälter (22) mit einer Vielzahl paarweiser Aufnahmebehälter (10, 12), deren jeder mindestens eine Anordnung von Pakkungseinrichtungen enthält, welche Behälter für hydrophile Kontaktlinsen in einer sterilen wäßrigen Lösung bilden, wobei sich die Kontaktlinsen, die sich in einem der paarweisen Aufnahmebehälter (10) befinden von den Kontaktlinsen unterscheiden, die sich in dem anderen der paarweisen Aufnahmebehälter (12) befinden und jede Anordnung von Packungseinrichtungen umfaßt:
    eine Vielzahl geformter Kunststoff-Grundkörper (24), von denen jeder eine Vertiefung zur Aufnahme einer Kontaktlinse, bedeckt von der Lösung sowie einen Flansch aufweist, der sich um die Vertiefung herum erstreckt und
    eine flexible Deckfolie, die sich über jeden der Grundkörper erstreckt, diesen abdeckt und dicht, jedoch abnehmbar mit der Oberfläche des Flansches verbunden ist, wobei diese Deckfolie sich abdichtend über die Vertiefung erstreckt und Kantenbereiche aufweist, die eine Griffeinrichtung bilden, um die Trennung der Deckfolie vom Flansch und somit die Freilegung der Vertiefung sowie den Zugang zur Kontaktlinse von außen zu ermöglichen.
  2. Verbund-Verpackung nach Anspruch 1, bei welcher der starre Hüllbehälter (22) aus einem Karton mit einem ersten und einem zweiten Packungsanordnungen aufnehmenden Kartonteil, von denen jedes mindesten einen der paarweisen Aufnahmebehälter (10, 12) umschließt und
    einem Verschlußelement (24) besteht, welches die Kartonteile im eingesetzten Zustand umschließt und die wahlweise Handhabung der Kartonteile ermöglicht, um den Zugang zu mindestens einer darin befindlichen Anordnung von Packungseinrichtungen zu ermöglichen.
  3. Verbund-Verpackung nach Anspruch 2, bei welcher das Verschlußelement (22) aus einer Hülle mit mindestens einem öffenbaren Ende (44) besteht, um die wahlweise Handhabung der Kartonteile sowie deren Einsetzen dort hinein zu ermöglichen.
  4. Verbund-Verpackung nach Anspruch 2 oder 3, bei welcher das Kartonteil aus einer nach oben offenen, quaderförmigen Kastenanordnung besteht.
  5. Verbund-Verpackung nach Anspruch 4, bei welcher die Kastenanordnungen Seite an Seite innerhalb des Verschlußelementes (22) angeordnet sind.
  6. Verbund-Verpackung nach einem der Ansprüche 2 bis 5, bei welcher das Verschlußelement (22) aus Kartonpapier besteht.
  7. Verbund-Verpackung nach einem der Ansprüche 2 bis 5, bei welcher das Verschlußelement (22) aus gepresstem Kartonpapier besteht.
  8. Verbund-Verpackung nach einem der Ansprüche 2 bis 5, bei welcher das Verschlußelement (22) aus geformtem Kunststoffmaterial besteht.
  9. Verbund-Verpackung nach einem der Ansprüche 2 bis 5, bei welcher das Verschlußelement (22) aus dauerhaftem Material besteht.
  10. Verbund-Verpackung nach einem der Ansprüche 2 bis 5, bei welcher das Verschlußelement (22) aus Kunststoff-Schrumpffolie besteht.
  11. Verbund-Verpackung nach einem der Ansprüche 2 bis 10, bei welcher die mindestens eine in jedem der Kartonteile befindliche Anordnung als ein durchgehend sinusartig gefalteter Streifen untereinander verbundener Packungseinrichtungen (24) angeordnet ist.
  12. Verbund-Verpackung nach einem der Ansprüche 2 bis 10, bei welcher sich eine Vielzahl übereinander angeordneter Anordnungen in jedem der Kartonteile befindet.
  13. Verbund-Verpackung nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 10, bei welcher die mindestens eine Anordnung zwei separate Anordnungen von Packungseinrichtungen umfaßt, welche in jedem der Aufnahmebehälter ineinander verschachtelt angeordnet sind, wodurch die Vertiefungen einer der separaten Anordnungen den Vertiefungen der anderen separaten Anordnung'zugewandt positioniert sind.
  14. Verbund-Verpackung nach einem der bisherigen Ansprüche, bei welcher der starre Hüllbehälter aus einem quaderförmigen Karton mit ersten und zweiten Aufnahmebehältern besteht und jeder der Aufnahmebehälter eine Abgabeöffnung zum Herausziehen und Abtrennen einzelner Packungseinrichtungen aus jeweils einem der Aufnahmebehälter aufweist.
  15. Verbund-Verpackung nach Anspruch 14, bei welcher die Aufnahmebehälter in dem Karton Seite an Seite angeordnet sind und jede der Öffnungen in einer Endfläche des Kartons angeordnet ist und mit jeweils einem der Aufnahmebehälter in Verbindung steht.
  16. Verbund-Verpackung nach Anspruch 15, bei welcher öffenbare Laschen (44) jede der Öffnungen abdecken, um die jeweilige Anordnung in den Aufnahmebehältern während der Lagerung darin zu schützen.
  17. Verbund-Verpackung nach einem der Ansprüche 14 bis 16, bei welcher jede der Anordnungen in dem jeweiligen Aufnahmebehälter ein durchgehend sinusartig gefalteter Streifen untereinander verbundener Packungseinrichtungen (24) ist, welcher derart eingerichtet ist, daß er zur wahlweisen Abgabe einzelner Packungseinrichtungen durch die Öffnung herausgezogen werden kann.
  18. Verbund-Verpackung nach Anspruch 1, welche mindestens einen zusätzlichen Hüllbehälter (22) umfaßt, welcher durch eine Verbindungseinrichtung (30) mit dem ersten Hüllbehälter verbunden ist.
  19. Verbund-Verpackung nach Anspruch 18, bei welcher die Verbindungseinrichtung eine Schrumpffolie (30) ist, welche die Hüllbehälter (22) umschließt.
  20. Verbund-Verpackung nach einem der bisherigen Ansprüche, bei welcher der Hüllbehälter (22) aus Kartonpapier, gepreßtem Karton, geformtem Kunststoff, Holz oder einem Metall hergestellt ist.
  21. Verbund-Verpackung nach einem der bisherigen Ansprüche, bei welcher der Hüllbehälter eine scharnierartig angebrachte Faltanordnung (52, 54) mit Vertiefungen zum Verstauen der Packungseinrichtungen aufweist.
  22. Verbund-Verpackung nach Anspruch 21, bei welcher der Hüllbehälter (22) ein Reisekoffer ist.
  23. Verbund-Verpackung nach Anspruch 21, bei welcher der Hüllbehälter (22) aus einem Formteil (60) mit mindestens einer mit einem Spiegel versehenen Innenwandfläche (64) besteht, welches eine Vertiefung zum Verstauen mindestens einer Packungseinrichtung aufweist.
  24. Verbund-Verpackung nach einem der bisherigen Ansprüche, bei welcher jeder Grundkörper (24) einen Flansch aufweist, der sich zwischen einem breiten und einem schmalen Ende erstreckt, wobei sich die Vertiefung in der Nähe des breiten Endes des Flansches befindet und der Flansch sich nach außen um den Rand der Vertiefung herum erstreckt und die Vertiefung aus einer konkaven Ausbuchtung im Grundkörper (24) besteht und eine Form hat, die im wesentlichen an die Form der darin befindlichen Kontaktlinse angepaßt ist, wobei weiterhin der Grundkörper (24) der mindestens einen Anordnung derart ausgerichtet ist, daß die Vertiefung des Grundkörpers (24) so angeordnet werden kann, daß sie in alternierender Weise jeweils benachbart zum schmalen Ende eines angrenzenden Grundkörpers (24) zu liegen kommt.
  25. Verbund-Verpackung nach Anspruch 24, bei welcher jeder Flansch eine allgemeine ebene Oberfläche hat, welche der aufgelegten Deckfolie zugewandt ist und diese berührt
  26. Verbund-Verpackung nach Anspruch 24 oder 25, bei welcher zwischen der Deckfolie und der ebenen Oberfläche eines jeden Flansches eine dichte, jedoch lösbare Verbindung ausgebildet wird und die Deckfolie den Außenrand einer jeden Vertiefung dicht umschließt.
  27. Verbund-Verpackung nach Anspruch 26, bei welcher die dichte Verbindung mittels Wärme hergestellt ist.
  28. Verbund-Verpackung nach einem der bisherigen Ansprüche, bei welcher jeder geformte Grundkörper (24) aus thermoplastischem Kunststoffmaterial geformt ist.
  29. Verbund-Verpackung nach einem der bisherigen Ansprüche, bei welcher die flexible Deckfolie ein Mehrschicht-Folienlaminat mit einer Außenschicht aus einer Kunststoff-Folie ist, welche die Oberfläche der Flansche eines jeder der geformten Kunststoff-Grundkörper (24) berührt.
  30. Verbund-Verpackung nach Anspruch 29, bei welcher die Kunststoff-Folie mittels Wärme mit der Oberfläche der Flansche eines jeden der geformten Kunststoff-Grundkörper (24) dicht verbunden ist, um die Vertiefung mit der darin befindlichen Kontaktlinse abzudichten.
  31. Verbund-Verpackung nach einem der bisherigen Ansprüche, bei welcher die geformten Kunststoff-Grundkörper (24) und die flexible Deckfolie gemeinsam feuchtigkeits- und dampfdichte Behälter für die Kontaktlinsen in jeder der Vertiefungen bilden.
  32. Verbund-Verpackung nach einem der bisherigen Ansprüche, bei welcher die Vielzahl der Grundkörper (24) durch die flexible Deckfolie durchgehend und abtrennbar zu mindestens einer Anordnung als Behälter einer vorgegebenen Anzahl von Kontaktlinsen verbunden ist.
  33. Verbund-Verpackung nach Anspruch 32, bei welcher die flexible Deckfolie die Vielzahl der Grundkörper (24) zu einer koplanaren Anordnung verbindet.
  34. Verbund-Verpackung nach Anspruch 33, bei welcher in der flexiblen Deckfolie zwischen den benachbart angeordneten Grundkörpern (24) mindestens einer Anordnung Schwächungslinien geformt werden, um die Trennung der Vielzahl von Grundkörpern (24) in einzelne Packungseinrichtungen, deren jede aus einem einzigen Grundkörper (24) besteht, zu ermöglichen.
  35. Verbund-Verpackung nach Anspruch 34, bei welcher die Vielzahl der Grundkörper (24) in einzelne Blister-Verpackungen auftrennbar ist, deren jede eine einzelne Kontaktlinse enthält.
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